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http://dx.doi.org/10.15434/kssh.2021.34.2.115

The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Prevention Behaviors in College Students: Focusing on the Health Belief Model  

Jo, Han-Ul (Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University)
Choi, Eun-Hi (College of Nursing, Eulji University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of School Health / v.34, no.2, 2021 , pp. 115-122 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive research is to identify how stress from Covid-19, health beliefs, and social support of college students affect health prevention. Methods: The subjects of the study were 128 university students, excluding health major students, at one university in D City. The survey was conducted from August 1 to 31, 2020. The survey questionnaire consists of 8 items on stress from COVID-19, 12 items adapted from a health belief measurement tool, 12 items from a social support measurement tool, and 11 items adapted from a tool that measures health preventive behaviors. The collected data were analyzed using the hierarchical multiple regression analysis method with SPSS 26.0. Results: In model 1, stress from COVID-19 was statistically significant (β=-.403, p=.003). Model 2 added four health belief factors into Model 1. Stress (β=-.419, p<.001), perceived severity (β=-.193, p=.030), and perceived barriers (β=-.182, p=.009) were statistically significant. In model 3, stress (β=-.413, p<.001), perceived barriers (β=-.147, p=.034), and social support (β=.194, p=.011) were statistically significant. The regression equation was significant (F=15.395, p=<.001) and the model's explanatory power was 53.1%. Conclusion: The results show that when college students had a high degree of health beliefs about COVID-19, the degree of health preventive behaviors was proportionally high. To make them practice preventive health behaviors, it is necessary to develop infection control education programs to improve health beliefs.
Keywords
College student; COVID-19; Health belief; Social support; Health prevention behavior; Stress;
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